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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Please Rescue. At Pittsburgh, the labor and liberal leaders who run the Americans for Democratic Action (Leon Henderson, Walter Reuther, Jim Carey, David Dubinsky, et al.) could not bring themselves to a flat endorsement of Candidate Truman, but they let him down with some sugary words ("We appreciate his brave rearguard action in defense of our social and labor legislation"). They settled on a statement which said, in effect: "Please, General Eisenhower, rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Sign of a Dilemma | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

Great Britain and Laurence Olivier's "Henry V" was hailed on those terms two years ago. Now France's Jean Coctean has made an even more perfect example of the non-realistic film with his "La Belle et La Bete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beauty and the Beast | 4/9/1948 | See Source »

...against MacArthur's collection of fellow travelers: William Randolph Hearst, Colonel McCormick, Mayor Curley, et...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 5, 1948 | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...down at a piano with his back to her. "You are Mlle. Teyte?" "Yes, sir." "You are Mlle. Teyte-of the Opéra-Comique?" "Yes, sir." "Eh bien, we will start here." Before they had run through the first act of his one & only opera Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy hustled out to shout to his wife, "Here is a Mèlisande...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ogre's Opera | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...been saved from slanderous error. The Czech coup served as final proof that the Communists will destroy civil liberties even in a nation with democratic traditions; Saturday's meeting demonstrated that Communists are not by any means the only enemies of these liberties. In this at least, Mr. Cobb et al are their spiritual allies. Edgar M. Rubin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Attacks Rally Hecklers | 3/25/1948 | See Source »

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